The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
WILLIAM JAMESThe power to move the world is in the subconcious mind
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A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world’s life
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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.
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There is but one unconditional commandment … to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
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All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
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There’s nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.
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So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky.
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When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
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The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.
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With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
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You must bring out of each word its practical cash-value, set it at work within the stream of your experience.
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Give your dreams all you’ve got, and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
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